Emmanuel Moire (born 16 June 1979) is a French singer, best known for portraying the role of

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in the French stage musical '' Le Roi Soleil''. Moire has released four albums '' (Là) Où je pars'' (2006), '' L'Équilibre'' (2009), '' Le Chemin'' (2013) and ''La Rencontre'' (2015). He sings and plays the piano, with a hundred tunes to his credit. He participated on TV show ''

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'', which he won in December 2012.

Career

At 21 years of age, Emmanuel was selected to take part in the 16th meeting of Astaffort, a training course for songwriters and performers. Between 2004 and 2007, he portrayed

in the successful musical '' Le Roi Soleil,'' whose cast included

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and Merwan Rim. Emmanuel Moire released his first solo album, titled '' Là où je pars'', on 13 November 2006. With British pop influences, the first album paid special attention to the melodies even more than the emotions. The piano, vocals and beautiful guitar segments led the listener to a place where love, sufferings and the small joys of the life all mixed. On his Facebook site, Emmanuel said his first album was "about the universal topics which I wanted to treat in a personal way. The role of an artist, it is to invite people into his universe, to give all that he has in him so that each one finds his own story there." "This album is the fruit of a lot of collaboration. I wanted it to represent me so that people could discover me, musically, there." "It is easy to see that this album is a reunion of those close to me at Astaffort. Those, who for several years, share in the same hopes and dreams: Claire Joseph, Yann Guillon, Benoît Poher, Davide Esposito, Christophe Beucher..." The first single from the album was "Le Sourire". His second album, titled ''L'Équilibre'' was released in April 2009, and includes songs such as "Adulte et Sexy" and "Sans dire un mot" which were made into music videos. "Sois Tranquille" is a very personal song for the artist. In an interview by Deborah Laurent for ''7sur7'', the artist said: "The music was already written when my brother passed away. I wanted to speak about my brother, of his uncommon greatness. I lost my brother on 28 January. I just said to myself that it was not necessary for me to speak, because I was going to speak about my suffering. I wanted it to be more positive, a homage, some thing more spiritual. Therefore, I 'lent' my voice to my brother." Emmanuel Moire represented France at the 2007

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in Poland performing his song "Ça me fait du bien" coming runner-up to eventual winner, the Polish band Feel. In 2019, Moire participated in the 2019 edition of Destination Eurovision to attempt to represent France at the

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, with the song "La promesse". He placed fourth overall in the final.

Personal life

He and his twin brother Nicolas were born in Le Mans on 16 June 1979. In early 2008, Emmanuel Moire was hit by a car outside his Paris residence. He received a sprained ankle and three cracked ribs. The accident caused him to miss a performance in Strasbourg and the NRJ Music Awards. On 12 January 2009, Emmanuel's twin brother Nicolas was run over by a car. Nicolas went into a deep coma and died two weeks later, on 28 January 2009. He was just 29. Moire came out as gay in the French LGBT magazine '' Têtu'' in October 2009. In that interview he said, "I hope to live a normal discreet life. I am at peace with myself."

Charity work

Moire has been a member of the Les Enfoirés charity ensemble since 2014."Emmanuel Moire"
(in French). ''Enfoires.com''. Retrieved 23 February 2017.

Discography

Albums

Singles

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References

External links

Emmanuel Moire's official site

Official site of his first solo album

Le Roi Soleil's official site
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